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WGUS63 KFSD 140350  
FFAFSD  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1050 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2023  
 
IAZ002-003-013-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-141200-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-230514T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-  
JACKSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SLAYTON, MARSHALL, SIBLEY, SPIRIT LAKE,  
IVANHOE, MOUNTAIN LAKE, SHELDON, HENDRICKS, WORTHINGTON, WINDOM,  
ARNOLDS PARK, TYLER, LAKE BENTON, SPENCER, FULDA, JACKSON,  
LAKEFIELD, SANBORN, HARTLEY, AND MILFORD  
1050 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2023  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHWEST IOWA, CLAY, DICKINSON,  
O'BRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA, COTTONWOOD, JACKSON,  
LINCOLN, LYON, MURRAY AND NOBLES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH POTENTIALLY  
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES, ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY  
MORNING. SOME OF THIS RAIN MAY FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE  
RECENTLY RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN  
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING AND RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND  
CREEKS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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